---
name: Porphyry of Tyre
name_greek: Πορφύριος ὁ Τύριος
eul_aid: udm
canonical: "https://eulogikon.org/authors/porphyry-of-tyre-udm"
period: Late Antique
dialect: Philosophical Koine
affiliation: Neoplatonist
works_count: 27
license: "https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/"
---

# Porphyry of Tyre

*Πορφύριος ὁ Τύριος*

**eul_aid:** `udm` · [HTML page](https://eulogikon.org/authors/porphyry-of-tyre-udm)

Porphyry of Tyre was a major Neoplatonic philosopher of the late Roman Empire. Twenty seven treatises. Free to read and download from the Greek library archive.

## Works

- [Against the Christians](https://eulogikon.org/works/porphyry-tyre-against-christians-udm-ar) — *Κατὰ Χριστιανῶν* · `udm-ar`
- [Book I of Homeric Questions Version B](https://eulogikon.org/works/porphyry-tyre-homeric-questions-b-udm-af) — *Βιβλίον Αʹ Ὁμηρικῶν ζητημάτων ἔκδοσις Β* · `udm-af`
- [Book I of Homeric Questions Version T](https://eulogikon.org/works/porphyry-tyre-homeric-questions-1-udm-ag) — *Βιβλίον Αʹ Ὁμηρικῶν ζητημάτων ἔκδοσις Τ* · `udm-ag`
- [Book I of Homeric Questions Version V](https://eulogikon.org/works/porphyry-tyre-homeric-questions-1-udm-ah) — *Βιβλίον Αʹ Ὁμηρικῶν ζητημάτων* · `udm-ah`
- [Book I of Homeric Questions Version X](https://eulogikon.org/works/porphyry-tyre-homeric-questions-udm-ai) — *Ἰλιακῶν προβλημάτων βιβλίον α (ἔκδοσις Χ)* · `udm-ai`
- [Chronicles](https://eulogikon.org/works/porphyry-tyre-chronicles-udm-ay) — *Χρονικά* · `udm-ay`
- [Commentaries-Aristotle in Greek](https://eulogikon.org/works/porphyry-tyre-commentaries-aristotle-udm-ak) — *Ὑπομνήματα εἰς Ἀριστοτέλην Ἑλληνιστί* · `udm-ak`
- [Commentary on Plato's Timaeus (Book I)](https://eulogikon.org/works/porphyry-tyre-timaeus-commentary-udm-ao) — *Ὑπόμνημα εἰς Πλάτωνος Τίμαιον* · `udm-ao`
- [Commentary on Plato's Timaeus (Fragment)](https://eulogikon.org/works/porphyry-tyre-timaeus-commentary-udm-an) — *Ὑπόμνημα εἰς τὸν Πλάτωνος Τίμαιον* · `udm-an`
- [Commentary-Plato's Parmenides](https://eulogikon.org/works/porphyry-tyre-plato-parmenides-commentary-udm-am) — *Ὑπόμνημα εἰς τὸν Πλάτωνος Παρμενίδην* · `udm-am`
- [Fragments of the History of Philosophy](https://eulogikon.org/works/porphyry-tyre-history-philosophy-udm-ae) — *Ἀποσπάσματα τῆς ἱστορίας τῆς φιλοσοφίας* · `udm-ae`
- [Fragments on the Seven Sages](https://eulogikon.org/works/porphyry-tyre-seven-sages-udm-ba) — *Ἀποσπάσματα περὶ τῶν Ἑπτὰ Σοφῶν* · `udm-ba`
- [Letter to Anebon](https://eulogikon.org/works/porphyry-tyre-letter-anebon-udm-at) — *Πρὸς Ἀνεβῶνα ἐπιστολή* · `udm-at`
- [Life of Plotinus](https://eulogikon.org/works/porphyry-tyre-life-plotinus-udm-au) — *Βίος Πλωτίνου* · `udm-au`
- [Life of Pythagoras](https://eulogikon.org/works/porphyry-tyre-life-pythagoras-udm-as) — *Βίος Πυθαγόρου* · `udm-as`
- [On Abstinence](https://eulogikon.org/works/porphyry-tyre-abstinence-udm-av) — *Περὶ Ἀποχῆς* · `udm-av`
- [On Aristotle's Categories, Exposition by Question and Answer](https://eulogikon.org/works/porphyry-tyre-categories-qa-udm-aa) — *Περὶ Κατηγοριῶν Ἀριστοτέλους* · `udm-aa`
- [On Philosophy from Oracles](https://eulogikon.org/works/porphyry-tyre-philosophy-oracles-udm-ap) — *Περὶ φιλοσοφίας ἐκ χρησμῶν* · `udm-ap`
- [On Statues](https://eulogikon.org/works/porphyry-tyre-statues-udm-az) — *Περὶ ἀγαλμάτων* · `udm-az`
- [On the Cave of the Nymphs](https://eulogikon.org/works/porphyry-tyre-cave-nymphs-udm-aq) — *Περὶ τοῦ Νυμφῶν Ἄντρου* · `udm-aq`
- [On the Harmonics of Ptolemy, Commentary](https://eulogikon.org/works/porphyry-tyre-harmonics-commentary-udm-ad) — *Εἰς τὰ ἁρμονικὰ Πτολεμαίου ὑπόμνημα* · `udm-ad`
- [On the Vatican Codex](https://eulogikon.org/works/porphyry-tyre-vatican-codex-udm-aj) — *Ζητήματα τοῦ Βατικανοῦ κώδικος* · `udm-aj`
- [Remains of Homeric Questions Pertaining to the Iliad](https://eulogikon.org/works/porphyry-tyre-homeric-questions-iliad-udm-ac) — *Λείψανα Ὁμηρικῶν ζητημάτων περὶ τὴν Ἰλιάδα* · `udm-ac`
- [Remains of Homeric Questions Pertaining to the Odyssey](https://eulogikon.org/works/porphyry-tyre-homeric-questions-odyssey-udm-ab) — *Λείψανα Ὁμηρικῶν ζητημάτων περὶ τὴν Ὀδύσσειαν* · `udm-ab`
- [Sentences Leading to Intelligibles](https://eulogikon.org/works/porphyry-tyre-intelligibles-udm-al) — *Ἀποφθέγματα πρὸς Νοητά* · `udm-al`
- [Testimonies](https://eulogikon.org/works/porphyry-tyre-testimonies-udm-aw) — *Μαρτυρίαι* · `udm-aw`
- [To Marcella](https://eulogikon.org/works/porphyry-tyre-marcella-udm-ax) — *Πρὸς Μάρκελλαν* · `udm-ax`

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